The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1887-11-03
MINNESOTA NEWS ITEMS.

The office OF the railroad and warehouse
commission at the State capitol was the
scene OF protracted war OF words be-
tween the officials OF the Milwaukee roa
and residents OF the towns along the line
Of the Iowa Il Minnesota division. On
Sept. 26, in response to n request made
by citizens OF Faribault, Mortified and
other towns in the southern portion OF the
state, and after personal investigation
into the matter, the commission ordered IL
reduction OF about 10 per cent in the rate
on various articles OF merchandise, and
at this meeting the railroad vigorously
pr otested.
The consolidated Vermillion Iron com.
pany at Duluth has, it is reported about
concluded sale Of tho half interest in the
company for $500, 900. The purchasers
are wealthy English corporation.
After an illness extending over a year
Mrs. Gustave Heinemann, vile OF one OF
st. Pauls best known merchants and citi.
zens, died suddenly.
w. G. Meelens, formerly station agent at
Holman, Grant county, is charged with
embezZlins funds of the Minneapolis Il
Pacific railroad company while in it's EN-
ploy.
The dwelling OF Mrs. William ONeal
near Rice Station above st. Cloud was
totally destroyed, with its contents, by
lire during her absence. Loss, So, 900; in
surance, on building, ST. 200; 5000 on con.
tents. Between 5000 and $4,000 in
notes and mortgages were also burned.
A three-year-old son Of Gotlieb Dreher.
living in Nicollet County, two miles north
OF Mankato, wandered away from home.
lie was afterward found dead and frozen
stiff q few rods from the house.
Dn{
OF Minneapolis, commits suicide.
The earning OF the Northern Pacific for
the third week in October show hand
some increase over the same period last
year.
store at Richmond, Stearns county, and
blew the safe, but only got the outer doors
open.
The Duke of Marlborough called on z.
IL. Kelley at st. Paul, and an interesting
Conversation ensued.
At st. Peter, Ben Winke prominent
st. Paul citizen, and Miss Emma Bohrer,
oil st. Peter, were married at the Catholic
church by Rev. Father Sorenson.
Three thousand dollars was appropriate
ed by the council of Hastings to r. O.
Libbey to aid in boring for natural gas. A
quarter interest in the we'll will be owned
by the city.
Red Wing Special. G. ". Richardson
OF Austin, Tex, arrived here. bringing
with him the corpse of his wife, who died
at her home OF malarial fever. She was
slxty-six years OF age. Mr.. and Mrs. Rich
ardson were residents OF this city from
1863 to 1879, when they removed to Tex
as. Mr.. Richardson is presiding elder of
the Austin (Tex.) district. The remains
will be buried in the family lot in the town
OF WEIGH.
Clearwater, Wright county, has sensa-
ton which has developed into divorce
suit. The mother-in-law ofone OF tho local
physicians found him in a compromising
situation with the servant girl one night.
The doctor has consented to seek another
cation.
John II. Cameron OF Dakota was arrest
ed while very drunk on the street OF st.
Cloud and placed in Jail. He was taken
violently sick and died suddenly. He has
a brother at Grafton.
The low mercury of the 25th ruined
potatoes in some localities.
young man named Norton Lane, who
has been working on the D., H. d D. grade,
while out hunting four miles northeast OF
Benson. Swift county. accidentally shot
himself and was found dead. He was
twentv-four years old, unmarried and
came from Blue Earth county. He owned
a small farm west OF Mankato.
w. f. Seefye, a lumber operator found
few miles from Brainerd large ledge of
rock outcropping where iron was supposed
to be in that region. He Clipped
off some specimens, and believes. on ex
animation, that he has some mineral bear
ing rock.
General Manager Roswell Miller, OF the
Milwaukee & St. Paul thinks that rail
road is the only thing in this country
which can be regulated, and says there are
lots OF people toying to regulate them. He
says the milk producer gets 81 per cent,
the railroads per cent and the retailer
65 per cent of the value of milk, but there
is no way of.regulating the retailer, con-
sequently the railroad commissioners
want the roads to haul the milk for small
err rates. He cites the case OF flour as an
example OF cheap freight rates. A barrel
OF flour is hauled from Minneapolis to
Chicago over 400 miles, for 10 cents, but
a drayman won't touch it to move it one
block or dozen for less than 25 cents
yet the draymun has no invested capital
save his horse and dray, while the rail
road has millions.
The Gustavus Adolphus College, at St.
Peters, Minnesota, is reported to be in
highly successful operation, and equipped
with a learned and active faculty OF ten
persons. 1t is Under the patronage and
control OF the Swedish Lutheran Church.
but not UNCONVENTIONAL in it's course of
instruction. On Wednesday Nov. I'd and
the day following there will be festival
and dedication, at which addresses will be
delivered by Gov. McGill, Col. Mattson,
John Lima, and others.
Father McDermott, OF Darwin, is very
low with an attack OF paralysis. He is
unconscious a large part OF the time.
The Manitoba engineering parties run
ming the Brainard 81 Northwestern survey
have disbanded having completed the
line from Milaca to Leech Lake. Another
party is forming for Col. Hogeland to 60
beyond Leech Lake to assist the present
engineer there to get through to the Mis-
sissippi crossing below Itaska lake.
The thirteenth annual convention OF
the Young Mems Christian Association OF
Minnesota, in connection with the associa
tions OF Dakota was called to order at
the NJ. e. church in Faribault by Thomas
Chochran, Jr., chairman, on the 9th.
rhe large three-story hotel, the Rush
City house, at Rush City, owned and con-
Quoted by John Bier, was destroyed, with
two new barns and several small buildings.
The fire is thought to have been the work
OF tramps.
Winona Special. The first Of the blind
pigs was brought up before the municipal
court. 1t was Mother Shannon. one OF
the best known saloonkeepers in this city.
She failed to take out a license when the
$1,000 license law went into effect and
was arrested on charge OF selling without
one. She was acquitted.
Rev. DR.. Hawley, Episcopal dean OF
Northern Minnesota is dangerously i'll at
st. Paul's rectory at Brainerd. His res
ignation as rector was accepted previous
to his illness.
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